ape – Comicsgirl https://www.comicsgirl.com Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:44:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.comicsgirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-EdenMiller2017-1-32x32.jpg ape – Comicsgirl https://www.comicsgirl.com 32 32 59683043 Things I’m excited about https://www.comicsgirl.com/2009/09/14/things-im-excited-about/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:44:19 +0000 http://www.comicsgirl.com/?p=1126 I really did not intend to not write anything for a couple of weeks (but you knew I wasn’t dead since I managed to use Twitter). Things have been busy. Which is a likely story.

And things are about to get busier. It will be a fun fall. Here are the things I’m excited about.

  • Beasts of Burden by Jill Thompson and Evan Dorkin. I’ve loved the shorts in the various Dark Horse Book of … anthologies, and really, I don’t think you can go wrong with this one.

    I really wish I could get up to Bergen Street Comics this weekend for the launch party, but I still think it’s really cool.

  • Small Press Expo. My love for SPX is well-known, but it’s one of my favorite events of the year. I am volunteering again (I think at this point, I’m not allowed to not volunteer) and I’ll be around all weekend. I will have Comicsgirl buttons which I will be more than happy to pass out to anyone who wants one (and probably, people who don’t). I’ll have more SPX stuff next week.
  • Baltimore Comic-Con. I’m still deciding on my travel plans, but it’s probably unlikely I’ll be staying for the Harvey Awards. Still, Baltimore is a cozy con — it’s not so big to be overwhelming and is genuinely focused on comics.
  • I’d probably be excited about Alternative Press Expo if I had gotten it together to go. I mean, I guess anything can happen, but I don’t think I’m going to find an abundance of money lying around for a plane ticket any time soon.
  • Not so much comics, but Crafty Bastards on Oct. 3 is always enjoyable. There’s also the National Book Festival on Sept. 26 (which overlaps with SPX). There are a few writers who may be of interest to comic book fans. But you should be going to SPX.

    • There are a few other things I’m working on and we’ll see what comes of them. But I’m definitely looking forward to all of this. Fun will be had.

    ]]>     1126     Newsarama on APE https://www.comicsgirl.com/2008/11/02/newsarama-on-ape/ Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:49:32 +0000 http://www.comicsgirl.com/?p=439 I obviously did not go to APE because no matter how I tried to justify it, I just could not rationalize going to San Francisco for a 24-hour period (and no one took me up on my offer of “I will pay you to go if you write for me”). So I have to rely on second-hand reports.

    Luckily JK Parkin has a nice report on Day 1 (apparently the rain caused some problems). It looks like a fun time. I hope I will manage to go next year.

    It was also announced that Ochre Ellipse won the 2008 Isotope Award for Excellence in Mini-Comics. I haven’t read it but I’m sure it’s a good pick.

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